An eight-course fine dining experience proves that indulgence and impact can go hand in hand, with a menu designed not just ...

When Mélisse opened in 1999, Citrin introduced L.A. to a new style of French dining, the kind that only a kid who grew up in Santa Monica could create — one rich with California produce.

Hapa Bistro, a tiny restaurant in San Bruno, is serving French-Japanese fare. The restaurant, which began its soft opening phase in mid-January, currently offers just two 12-person seatings for a ...

Early on a Sunday evening in July, a long line of smartly dressed guests wraps around the outside of Josiah Citrin’s California-French fine-dining restaurants Mélisse and Citrin in Santa Monica ...

Mélisse is one of the few remaining French fine-dining tasting-menu restaurants of its era. Yet it has thrived not as a bastion of ’90s California-French cuisine but instead because of Citrin ...

Mélisse is one of the few remaining French fine-dining tasting-menu restaurants of its era. Yet it has thrived not as a bastion of ’90s California-French cuisine but instead because of Citrin ...